Controversial Books

This page shows your 100 most controversial books, as measured by the standard deviation of members star ratings. (This is also the source of the Zeitgeist category "25 Books People Can't Agree on.") To be included, a book must have been rated at least 20 times. Work titles are given.

Standard Deviation	Rating	Title
1.232	3.61	Cold Streets by P. N. Elrod
1.208	3.77	Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville
1.186	3.53	Something in the Water by Charlotte MacLeod
1.179	3.14	A Christmas Journey by Anne Perry
1.153	3.5	Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton
1.15	3.16	Sour Puss by Rita Mae Brown
1.149	3.73	Doctor Who and the Daleks by David Whitaker
1.133	3.51	Nightseer by Laurell K. Hamilton
1.132	3.76	The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
1.131	3.68	Mistral's Kiss by Laurell K. Hamilton
1.121	3.29	Engaged to Die by Carolyn Hart
1.121	3.07	Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters
1.114	2.97	Bell, Book, and Scandal by Jill Churchill
1.09	3.13	The House of Seven Mabels by Jill Churchill
1.081	3.74	A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K. Hamilton
1.08	3.81	A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton
1.076	3.88	Seaward by Susan Cooper
1.074	3.42	Ultimate X-Men Vol. 5: Ultimate War by Mark Millar
1.068	3.71	Charmed & Ready by Candace Havens
1.064	3.81	Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton
1.062	3.34	Bubbles in Trouble by Sarah Strohmeyer
1.061	3.64	Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell K. Hamilton
1.061	3.49	Myth-Gotten Gains by Robert Asprin
1.058	3.77	Seduced by Moonlight by Laurell K. Hamilton
1.055	3.85	A Lick of Frost by Laurell K. Hamilton
1.05	3.1	Death of a Darklord by Laurell K. Hamilton
1.049	3.32	Tall, Dark & Dead by Tate Hallaway
1.047	3.49	The Tail of the Tip-Off by Rita Mae Brown
1.044	3.69	You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews
1.037	3.35	Cravings [Anthology] by Laurell K. Hamilton
1.034	3.67	The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey
1.023	3.88	Wet Grave by Barbara Hambly
1.02	4.13	Dead in Dixie by Charlaine Harris
1.02	3.18	Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic by Terry Jones
1.018	4.08	Days of the Dead by Barbara Hambly
1.017	3.74	Reflecting the Sky by S. J. Rozan
1.012	3.55	Click Here for Murder by Donna Andrews
1.008	3.56	The Book of Earth by Marjorie B. Kellogg
1.007	3.67	My Teacher Flunked the Planet by Bruce Coville
1.007	3.63	Myth-Told Tales by Robert Asprin
1.003	3.53	The Magic World by E. Nesbit
1	3.44	The Grub-and-Stakers Move a Mountain by Charlotte MacLeod
0.998	3.84	A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K. Hamilton
0.995	3.27	Puss 'n Cahoots by Rita Mae Brown
0.99	3.58	The Emperor's Snuff-Box by John Dickson Carr
0.986	3.37	The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
0.985	3.46	Myth-taken Identity by Robert Asprin
0.984	3.55	Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller
0.983	3.54	Catch as Cat Can by Rita Mae Brown
0.981	3.77	A Spy for the Redeemer by Candace Robb
0.978	3.77	Billion Year Spree: The True History of Science Fiction by Brian W. Aldiss
0.978	3.4	The Purrfect Murder by Rita Mae Brown
0.977	3.36	Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House by M. C. Beaton
0.974	3.56	R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
0.969	3.63	Murder Goes Mumming by Alisa Craig
0.968	3.34	Bite by Laurell K. Hamilton
0.966	3.71	Aunt Dimity: Snowbound by Nancy Atherton
0.966	3.36	My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon by P. N. Elrod
0.964	3.61	Partner in Crime by J. A. Jance
0.961	3.09	The Curse of the Giant Hogweed by Charlotte MacLeod
0.96	3.53	Many Bloody Returns by Charlaine Harris
0.958	3.67	Undead and Unworthy by MaryJanice Davidson
0.958	3.54	Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross
0.956	3.76	Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday by Nancy Atherton
0.956	3.76	Circle of Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini
0.955	3.55	Absolution by Murder by Peter Berresford Ellis
0.954	3.8	Real Vampires Live Large by Gerry Bartlett
0.954	3.52	Essential X-Men, Volume 1 by Chris Claremont
0.953	3.64	Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell by M. C. Beaton
0.948	3.83	The Quilter's Legacy by Jennifer Chiaverini
0.946	3.88	Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
0.945	3.62	Dead and Loving It by MaryJanice Davidson
0.945	3.7	The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
0.945	3.54	Murder Walks the Plank by Carolyn Hart
0.944	3.73	Black House by Stephen King
0.936	3.45	Sweet Myth-tery of Life by Robert Asprin
0.935	3.55	The Skeleton in the Closet by M. C. Beaton
0.932	3.82	Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton
0.927	3.71	Death of a Stranger by Anne Perry
0.927	3.59	New X-Men Vol. 3: New Worlds by Igor Kordey
0.926	3.41	Holidays are Hell by Kim Harrison
0.924	3.91	Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum
0.923	3.71	The Shifting Tide by Anne Perry
0.918	3.52	Exit the Milkman by Charlotte MacLeod
0.916	3.93	Ranma 1/2, Volume 06 by Rumiko Takahashi
0.916	3.56	The Corpse in Oozak's Pond by Charlotte MacLeod
0.915	3.71	The Cross-Legged Knight by Candace Robb
0.913	3.89	Twisted Tales from Shakespeare by Richard Armour
0.912	4.25	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
0.911	3.82	An Uncertain Place by Fred Vargas
0.91	3.7	Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
0.909	3.62	Charity Girl by Georgette Heyer
0.909	4.09	The Spider's Web by Peter Berresford Ellis
0.908	3.75	A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
0.908	3.86	Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
0.907	3.42	The Dangerous Hour by Marcia Muller
0.905	3.98	Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff
0.905	3.34	Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death by Ann Rule
0.905	3.74	Carnacki the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
0.905	3.77	Essential X-Men, Volume 3 by Chris Claremont

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